I'm going to start a band: Tag Cloud. It will be a laptop band. It will be awesome. This goal may be aided by the fact that my mom bought me one of these today — technically for Christmas, but I get to noodle with it sooner on the condition that I write a holiday song. Hmm. Better get working on that.
Speaking of things with X in them, Xgau's best of 2007, via Brooklyn Vegan. I have a general sense that this has been a good year for music, though I rarely think about the music I'm listening to in a chronological frame. Perhaps I just enjoyed music a lot this year. I really did — today I was digging Taffetas, for example. I still have not picked up the new M.I.A. Ach!
Tyler Cowen digs on Meaza, which reopened not long ago just down the street from where I live. And I agree that it is quite good, and boasts nice ambiance to boot.
Monday night Catherine and I were planning to celebrate our first anniversary (if you don't account for the month or so we spent broken up) by returning to Etete on 9th St. NW, where we met for our first date last December. But we were sidetracked by a new Mexican restaurant a few doors down, El Sol, outside of which I ended up parking the car. Overall I wouldn't recommend it. The pupusas were dry and bland; the margaritas' color (green) and taste (fake) suggested a mix at work; and the entrees were unimpressive, especially when my vegetable burro arrived with steak. Yuck. Stick with the Ethiopian restaurants on the block, especially Etete and Abiti.
Posted by nedlog at December 14, 2007 2:32 PM | TrackBack